Rheumatology

Geriatric Medicine

Questions discussed in this category

Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

How do you approach selecting biologic therapy vs non-biologic DMARD (such as methotrexate) as initial therapy in patients with new RA diagnosis with significant erosive disease?

This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: NORD-STAR (Østergaard et al., PMID 3742364...

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How would you approach the work up of SLE in a patient over 80 years old?

How would you work up an elderly female with persistent anemia secondary to warm AIHA requiring almost monthly transfusion, with positive ANA,dsDNA (b...

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Do you typically screen every patient with headaches after the age of 60 with ESR?

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Do you still plan to offer tofacitinib to RA patients over 65 if they have one or more additional CV risk factors?

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Given the "LDL Paradox", in which RA patients with the highest levels of inflammation can have ultra-low levels of LDL (<70), how do you approach initiation of statin therapy in these patients?

Dr. Charles-Schoeman presented data at ACR 21 showing that, paradoxically, there is a U-shaped relationship between inflammation and LDL levels in pat...

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What is your approach to checking serum vWF antigen levels in adult patients with CNS vasculitis for monitoring disease activity?

Small study in pediatric PACNS have evaluated this as a potential marker (Cellucci et al., PMID 22740622)

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